In two days, my blogging partner turns 40. So I’m posting this today, because typically we don’t write over the weekend. Happy Birthday, dear Emily! And thank you, Brook, for secretly sending me your baby’s baby photo. I promise to mail it straight back to you. Emily is famous for her contagious smile, her sharp wit, her [...]
The following is my recollection of a recent discussion over Sunday dinner with certain members of my family. Names have remained the same to incriminate and embarrass the innocent. I may have completely inventedtaken some poetic license as to the exact dialogue but the general sentiment is there. Since I can’t remember how this conversation [...]
I’m not a huge James Bond fan. I’m not even a small James Bond fan. And I have never found any of the actors who portray 007 the least bit appealing. But my house is filled with Y-chromosome type species which means James Bond will live another day. Yet despite my ennui for this misogynist [...]
I am in Ohio, arriving yesterday morning about…uh…8 years late. It has been that long since Alison and Rob, two of my best friends from college (who were smart enough to marry each other) relocated here with their totally cool kids Josh (my God son) and Maddie. During these last few years, anytime I was [...]
This past weekend I had the privilege of attending a 40th birthday party for one of my college roommates, D. It was an intimate affair…in Manhattan…at a swanky hotel on Central Park South…for several hundred guests…and a few cage dancers. In this world, there are “the haves” and the “have nots”. Who you are [...]
On Tuesday night my heart swelled with pride and I cried as I watched Barack Obama’s victory speech in Grant Park. Earlier that day, I had canvassed voters, walking from house to house in the rain to make sure that supporters had gotten to the polls before they closed. The Obama volunteers didn’t want people [...]
Contrary to what you might THINK my election day prayer includes, I am NOT asking the Universe to show favor to my candidate today. I figure that I have a limited number of requests allowed and I will use them wisely. (There are plenty of people praying for specific victories for many different camps today; [...]
Ahhh, Halloween. Some parents love it. Others hate it. Me? I fall somewhere in between, really enjoying parts of it, but often finding myself waiting for the whole thing to be over. Regardless of how you view this pagan holiday, most can not argue that the Halloween path is fraught with obstacles and the danger [...]
It has been two weeks since my 40 til 40 post when I committed stupidly publicly to getting myself in shape. I have 26 days left. I think I have lost about 3 pounds but more importantly, I feel much better physically. Here is what I look like now: Admittedly, I have a ways to [...]
The invitation was otherwise lovely. It was a baby shower for a dear friend who is having her first child in about two months. I remember quickly scanning the details and smiling, as the date was a good one for me. Then I reached the bottom of the page. Shhhhh…it’s a surprise. I wanted to [...]
